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2 to 3 feet wide and consists of quartz and some pyrite, galena, and
sphalerite. It branches near the face of the adit into two veins (Nos.
5 and 6, Figure 12). It is in contact with a narrow grey dyke for most
of its length in the adit. Another adit, 60 feet long, about 300 feet north
ob the long drift adit, exposes a 2-foot barren quartz vein (No. 7, Figure

The vein in the long drift adit contains more sulphide than any of
the others, but none of the veins contains commercial ore.

GLACIER CREEK MINING COMPANY, LIMITED

The holdings of the Glacier Creek Mining Company, Limited, lie
in the Portland Canal fissure zone between the George E claim. on the
north and the Little Wonder claim on the south (See Figure 12). The
country rock consists of argillite of the Bitter Creek formation, striking
north and dipping west at moderate angles. A crosscut adit 625 feet long,
crosscuts four quartz veins, the first, second, and fourth veins being known
as the First, Central, and Green veins. The four veins are numbered
18, 19, 20, and 21 on Figure 12. ‘The veins are parallel, strike north, and
dip 45 to 70 degrees west. The First vein is 1 to 2 feet wide, the Central
vein 3 feet wide, and the Green vein 4 to 20 feet wide. The other vein is
2 feet wide and is perhaps a branch of the Green vein. The Green vein
contains bunches of green chlorite similar to those in the Green vein on
the George E claim.

Some of the veins are of commercial importance.

LITTLE WONDER CLAIM

The Little Wonder claim is in the Portland Canal fissure zone adjoin-
ing the holdings of the Glacier Creek Mining Company on the south.
Most of the development on this claim was done many years ago. The
main adit begins as a crosscut and thereafter follows a vein (No. 20,
Figure 12), for 500 feet. The vein strikes north and dips 70 degrees west.
A raise 65 feet long connects with an upper drift adit 120 feet long and
this is connected to the surface by a shaft. The vein is 1 to 5 feet wide
and locally is well mineralized with pyrite with some galena and sphalerite.
Another drift adit has been driven on the vein 100 feet lower. This adit
was not examined. The vein matter in the adits does not appear to be
of commercial grade.

PHOENIX SILVER MINES, LIMITED

The holdings of the Phoenix Silver Mines, Limited, are in the Port-
land Canal fissure zone immediately south of Glacier creek. The early
development on the property has been described at length in the Annual
Reports of the Minister of Mines of British Columbia for the years 1913
and 1914.

The first development was done in 1912 by the Portland Canal
Tunnels, Limited, who held the ground until 1924. Numerous quartz
sulphide veins were known in the Portland Canal fissure zone both north
and south of Glacier creek and in 1912 the Portland Canal Tunnels,